:Normal range
(Adult: 8.5-10.2 μg/dl (2.12-2.55 mmol/L
(Child: 8.5-12 μg/dl (2.12-30 mmol/L
Comment: Increased in hyperparathyrodism, myelomatosis, some malignancies both of bone and non-osseous as well as in vitamin D excess and sarcoidosis. Decreased in hypoparathyrodism, hypoalbuminemia and in renal disease; in idiopathic, surgical, or congenital Hypoparathyrodism; vitamin D deficiency, chronic renal failure magnesium deficiency; massive blood transfusion, leprosy; anterior pituitary hypofunction, cystinosis, osteomalasia; alcoholism; hepatic cirrhosis; hypoalbuminemia and inadequate nutrition
Sample: Serum